Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,654 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Jessi Fauset
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Jessie R. Fauset (1882-1961)
New York Times Article on the Lynching of George Smith, Obion County, April 1931
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Eyewitness to Terror: The Lynching of a Black Man in Obion County, Tennessee in 1931
The Colorado Statesman, January 27, 1900
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Joseph D.D. Rivers (ca. 1856-1937)
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Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1882-1939)

Explore Global African History

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(1971) Sese Seko Mobutu, “Address to the Conseil Nationale Extraordinaire, Dakar, 14 February 1971”
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Benedita da Silva (1942- )
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Gondar, Ethiopia (ca. 1635- )
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Ben Okri (1959- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

50 Cent CD in Russian
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The Afro-Beat in Russia: The Influence of Black Music on Russian Popular Culture, 1890-2002
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
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Afro-Uruguay: A Brief History
Frances Louise Hamilton (LT) and Hallie Annie Dee Williams (RT), 1927 Yearbook Photos
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Go Anyplace But Here, Please: The Fight to Train Black Nurses in San Diego

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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